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mm rrf . ."TT" r : In Worth Caroline tar- ''i ; , , - tng Full leased Wire . Press Service of the national IT ews Association LAST J EDITION X3TABLICHED 187 . RALEIOri, C.f IIIDAY, APRIL 22, 1910. PEICE 5 CENTS. Double the , Number of Paid Subscribers m fflte City of Raleigh of Any o,r Newspaper. ' immrn Fees! Ottos ill E::t Cclsved 1. AhuiM TOr.IB OF NAPOLEAII Former President Visits the Tomb of Napoleon the Great Ode of First of Parisian Sights to Attract Him, , Sightseeing. Tour Over the City- Cheered at . Every Staire of the Trip Many American Flags Dis played Iwit-T at the President Palace the C" ief Event of the Day, . Reception i Gtvea. by the American Ambassador This Afternoon. - ; . (By Cable to The Times.) 'Paris, April 2 Theodore Roose- velt. in the midst 6f gayety, paused today in bis whirlwind visits to Paris ' to pay tribute to Mark Twain. The former president was greatly shocked to learn of the death of Samuel L Clemens,' news of the iatter'B critical condition not having- reached him on his travels. ;";.';.;.." Characteristically, Mr. Roosevelt put his estimate of the man before that of the writer. "Mark Twain was one of the finest .men America has produced,' be said "His life was marked with sincerity and breadth of view and his death causes the United States the loss of one of its finest citizens, as well asjjf one of its best authors. Mark Twain was distinctly American. - Huckelber- ry Finn ia the American . boy,; and; with his companion 'portrait, Tom SawyeT, had a, pla.ce in the, heart of every - real . American. - erven though Mr.' Clemens' Vork has been nearly finished for some time, and little more could be expected of him, American letters have suffered a se vere loss." , An incident no less impressive to admirers of the , former president than his Visit to the Pyramids - or Egypt marked his program today. Theodore Roosevelt stood befoe the tomb of Napoleon the Great. - . It was almost the first of Parisian Bights that attracted the former pres ident He had had no previous op portunity to visit the historic mauso leum, else he would have taken ad vantage of it.. At the Hotel bes Invalides, about the historic building, which dates from 1670, the inmates, decrepit and crippled veterans, formed an escort of honor, through which Mr. Roose velt was conducted to the sombre chamber In which lies the tomb of the conqueror of Europe.. Before the sarcophagus Mr. RooBe velt stood silent,, with bowed head. Then, with few words, he passed out into the open. , The Bight-seeing tour took Mr. Roosevelt through many parts of the city, which he last visited nearly a quartet of a century ago. At every stage of the trip he was recognized by the public 'and cheered enthusias tically. ' The former president remarked upon the great number of American flags and trl-colored bunting which he saw in the most unexpected quar ' (Continued on Page Two.) TAFT WILL AGAIN BE A CANDIDATE .(By leased Wire to The" Times) ; . Washington, April 22 .Recent specu lation In regard to president Taft's ln- - tuntion mi q another term in the whiter house led several of his friends today to declare there Waa no .truth In the reports that he was Inclined to shrink from further feervloe. In the position of chief executive. Hl present Atltude Is described as a full determination to go ' ' ahead and run his administration as he "deems best for-the country. '- Republican leaders., who have .talked ' with ' him recently, sajf 'that if at , the , end of hfa first term' the . republican .' party feels Hke calling upon him again, even if It Is apparent that he Is to go down to defeat, he will accept; and If ' it doesn't he will retire, with the aatls '' faction of knowing that he has done what he believes to be .beat Another indication of Presjdent Taft's intention to rhri his . administration regardless of popular ' clamor' l - found by : his friends In his .fixed determination to . stand by Secretary pf the Interior Bal- llmrer nS Ions a ttalllnRnr desires to rehialn in his cabinet. 1.IARK T7AD1 DEAD Eedt Ddovd literary E!sn Is Gene Great H amorist Died Last Evening . xribnte From All Over the World Left His Literary Affairs in Good Order Will be Burled at Elmlra. -' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Danbury, Conn.. April 22 Mark Twain will He in death in the Clemens' family plot at Elmlra. N, Y. beside the body of his favorite daughter, Jean. whose tragic death a few months axo Drone, ner father's " heart and bl-ought on the end. In the plot are the bodies of the philosopher humorist' wife, 'his Infant son Langhorne, and his daughter Jean. Tributes fromall oiter the world be gan to arrive today at the home where the best known and ' moat beloved writer of his day lived for many years. Although when Samuel L. Clemens dropped Into the coma, from which he never awoke, the end was not believed to be close, though It was by no means unexpected. . His daughter, Mrs. Oeslp Gabrllowitch, who same from Europe with her musician husband to attend her father in his last days, knew of the seriousness of her father's Illness. The arrangements for the funeral however, are largely In the' hands of Albert Bigelow Paine, Mr. Clemens secretary, who will act as his literary executor, with Mrs. Gabrllowitch. Mark Twain left his literary affairs in good order. His last care was to ar ranee them. and. even on the day of his death he spoke the final details. Samuel L. Clemens might have died a rich man, had he not assumed an obligation which he considered morally binding, though there was no legal claim upon iiri, . He wlT go 'down in literary history side, by side with Walter Scott, because of this sacrifice. Like Scott he sacrificed himself to pay (he debts of a bankrupt publishing fii-m in which he had been a' partner It was Iq 1896 that C. L. Webster & Company failed. Mr. Clemens was then In poor health. Nevertheless, he not only gave : such assistance in straightening .out the. firm's accounts as he was called upon for.-but he did many things that he could have avoided without criticism, ' I'lu- spltfi of , constant . Buffering, he testified a length In an arduous exam ination. . But It' was after the formal proceed' setflement' and he was legally clear of debt, that the foremost of American writers took up the self-imposed task of paying off every, cent of debt. Still in bad health, he took to the lecture platform and, with a fine dem onstratlon . of determination, labored for- five years, all thought of self abandoned, fill the last cent was clear ed. . .- . : ..... Albert Bigelow Paine said today, dls cussing Mark Twain's literary work published: - There are a great many manuscripts which Mr.. Clemens never finished. Some he began recently; others Were started years ago. He spoke to me about many of them in the last. few days. His autobiography, is complete he finished It within the last few months, dictating the final chapters while on his second visit, to Bermuda this winter." One of. the causes contributing to Mr. Clemens' breakdown was the recent death of Henry H. Rogers, the Stand ard OH millionaire. V Although their friendship was formed late in life, it was remarkably close and staunch. It was Mr. . Roger's wonderful financial ability which made It possible for Mr. Clemens to have a competence in his last days, Mr, Rogers pulling together the wreckago of the Clemens fortune caused by the publishing house failure and so handling It. as to Increase It several .times over. ' Sorrow in England. ' (By Cable to The Times.) London. April 22 The death of Mark Twain Is felt keenly In England, where he was popular personally and as a writer. All the London papers pay high tribute, to his memory today, and many of ,. the foremost . authors of Great Britain, Including H. G. Wells, Thomas Hardy, Bernard Shaw, Conan Doyle, Anthony Hope as well as Mr. Clemens' compatriot, Henry James, voice their sorrow. ' " . Whole World Sorrows. , (By Leased Wire to The Times) Danbury, Conn., April 22 ine sorrow" dt the, entire world over the death of Mark Twain was shown to day, when hundreds of messages be gan to arrive in a steady stream at the pbiloj5opher-humbri8t's late home. From the capitals of the world and from the,mo8t out-of-the-way places the telegrams came, in steady Btream from persona whose names are famous over two continents, and from scores unknown. Grief , is widespread but perhaps It is keenest in the towns of Danbury, Redding and Bethel. - The people in (hose Connecticut towns knew Sam uel L.. Clemens as did few others; they knew his simplicity, his jollity and his generosity. And today they say that while the doctors may be lieve Mark Twain died of angina pec torls, in reality that when he breach ed his last at :30 last night the end eamO simply and solely of ft broken heart the great wrei- never recov. ered from the tragic death of his i (Continued oh Page Two.)' ;.- ,' SENATORS ALDR1CH AND HALE. f ' " I i , Senator Nelson , W. nklrich, of Rhode IsIuikI, (above) and Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine, the two vet eran statesmen of the United States Senate, whose coming retirement from active politics has just been of ficially announced -. at Washington. The two statesmen entered Congress almost thirty years ago and . have grown to leadership in tiiejtffairs of the nation. Senator ITAMrich's,. re fusal to be a candidate again is due to ill health, he declares, - Senator Hale ' also gives advancing years and loor health as the cause of his retirement. . -"'.. ARREST IN CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUD CASES (By Leased WTire to The, Times) New York, April 22 George E. Bedell, formerly chief clerk in the weighing division of the custom house, was arrested today by United States Marshal Henckel when he got here from bis home in Bloomfleld, N. J. Bedell's arrest was looked upon as the first step in the revelation of new frauds perpetrated against the government. Bedell was taken before Judge Hazel in the United States circuit court and held In 15,000 bail on charges of conspiracy to defraud and 'the grossest misconduct. In office." School Closing Exercises. (Special to The Times.) Spring Hope, N. C., April 22 The closing exercises of the Powell school In North Whitaker township took place last night, The teaciier, Miss Mary F. Brinkley, of Greenville, had prepared a most excellent program and a large audience was present to see and hear the children ' taking 4art. Besides the patrons and friends of the school living In the neighbor hood, there were a number of visi tors from . Rocky Mount,. WUltakers, and elsewhere. . The - program . con sisted of songs, recitations, dialogues. nd each number w&b good.' The lit tle folks did their., parts in' a credit able manner and the hearts of . the parents present were made to rejoice'. " ; '.. '. '-' . Failed to Onivict Couiicllmaii.' "(By Leased Wire to The Times) x Pittsburg, Pa.,'.. April .22 After deliberating orty-one hours wlthodt reaching a verdict in thecase of for mer Councilman A V. Simon, indict ed on two charges of bribery, the jury was discharged ( by Judge Robert Frazer this atternoon. it was re liably stated that the jury stood 9 to for conviction througuout the long hours of debate. . ' r .'" Trolley Strike ThreHtenerf. (By Leased-Wire to The Times): New Haven, Conn., April 22 It whs announced today that the- em ployed of local trolley lines had vot ed 'overwhelmingly to stand firm in their demand for a maximum rate of 27 cents an hour. The 'nresent scale r twetily-six cents,' .'u..r ;.'.' WOLKa PUT 0NE2STAND BY B2FENSE Atccsed fl-icrer Goes on : .. . i.. 'j U i the Stnd Jcday In His Owi Dialf .'.iV,,, '- .jj .: THE DEEIiSE SCORES First Witness for -the Defense Was Katherine GIHe AVlio Lived in the Same House. With Wolter Said I She Was in; the Kitchen of Wol- j ter's Apartment All the Day of the Murder and That She Heard No Sounds of StruRKle in Any of the Rooms Nor Ssnr Anything on the Fire Escape 8kl Gunny Sack in Which the Bodjr Was Found Was on tlie Floor tiie' Day of the Mur- .' der. : . .:; :.:.V.'; .'.: (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, April 22 The defense scored heavily today when Its fir6t witness took, the stand in the trial of Albert Wolter,' the youth of nineteen accused of atrociously murdering flf-teen-year-old Ru'th Wheeler and at tempting to burh her , body. Miss Katherine Gille 'who lived 'Jn the house at 224. East 35lh street, where Wolter had his rooms, swore that she was in the kitchen of his fiat all of March '24, the day of the tragedy; that she heard np sounds of struggle, and that then and! subsequently she saw no sack on theAre escape, where the charred body, of tte girl Is al leged to have, been; placed by Wolter. Shown the gunny, sack tna,t encased the body, and exftajned by Attorney W. D- Scott, for the defense, the wit ness said that oti'&fcursday, the day of the murder,, it was on the floor in the hall, filled with wood. Judge Foster questioned her: "Did you see anything on the fire escape when you looked, out batur day?" " V "No." "While you were in the kitchen Thursday did you hear any noise? "No." Miss Gille testified that she saw the fire escape was clear when look ing from the window by the clothes line. Prosecutor Moss showed her on a diagram that I he fire -escape was twelve feet away from where she said it was. She corroborated Kate Mueller, laying that there were two stoves in the kitchen, the smaller one being put there Wednesday. Wolter betrayed no sign of ner vousness as he took his set today but shifted uneasily as his gaze met those of Ruth Wheeler's two sisters, Miss Adelaide and Miss Pearl Wheel er, and he examined me jurors ex pressions anxiously. A hum of expectancy went through the court room . when Wolter was called to the stand. It was just 11 o'clock when the defendant, appar ently perfect', seli'-possesscd, .walked to the witness post. Senator Daniel. . Daytona, Fla, April 22 Dr. Chowniug todav said that Senator Daniel had a soniewnat nigner puise and temperature taan usual early last night but that his condition im proved and he' had a more satisfac tory night than for some-time. HUNDREDS KILLED IN CHINESE RIOTSI , (By Cable to The .Times.) HaTiltow. Anril 22 Hundreds have been killed in the native. Uprising In Hunan nrovlnce. according to the stories of miBsionaires, who, in rags 1 wearied by hazardous journeys, fnnt rpurnpil here todav. The disorder that started at Chang Sha, Where three missions and. the consu lates were burned, is spreading rap- Idly. Several missions are cut off and the safety' of the missionaries is douhted. The Chinese troops have proved incapable of suppressing the riots, thougit 3,000 are in unang ;ia alone. Telegraph wires are cut. and alarming reports come from the. west ern part of the province.' Many mlB- Blons have not been neara trow. : nnnhnnts4vinE off ChailK Sha have their guns trained on the city, accord- to the refugees arriving toaay, - thov ire menaced bv flamlnz. oll-aoaked junks set adrift, by the rioters. -. .;;'. .'. ., ..;..: ; "Dr. Wood Is at Fletcher, exantlnlng catte for tuberculosis, v v THE SWOPK MCRDER TRIAL. Sirs. ft. V. Hyde (upper), the lute Colonel Swop (centre), hnd Dr. It. C. Hyde,..whos' trial on the charge of murderinc Clin'l Swmj luis- just started in KansnH City. It is alleged that Dr. Hyde causal the death of Colonel Swope while acting s his niedicuf advisor, with the idea of se curing a large part of the. wealthy philanthropist's fortune for his (Hyde's) wife. COTTON FIRM DID FRAUDULENT TRADE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Mobile, Ala., April 22 That 'the' fail ure of tin- cotton firm. of Knight Yam-i-y & Company, of Decatur, Ala., vjth liabiHties at more than .4,000,000 ami as sets of less than a million, is -due to the, manipulation of foi'ged foreign bills of lading by J. H. Knight and that the whole thing is a colos-isa) fraud is ad mitted by local bank. officials who held warehouse receipts of the Company. Something like $75,000 worth of ware house receipts against the eolton .stored in local warehouses are held by Mobile and Decatur banks. Kevorul Uays ago, wheirsuspieion was east in the direction of the lonipany, investigation of the genuineness of cot ton warehouse receipts held against cotton owned by the company and stored here were made. All receipts were found. 'perfect.' 'Knight was in jured in an automobile accident several weeks ago. Absence, through injuries thus sustained, from the office, result ed in his method of manipulation be coming clogged and the fraud was ex posed. Knight, according to a local bank president, is believed to ( have been kiting false bills of holing on for eign concerns for more than two years. Liverpool Firms Affected. ' Liverpool, April 22 The failure of Knight; Yancey & Company the cotton buyers of Decatur, Ala., affects thirty Liverpool houses to the extent of from $1,50.09)00' to $2,0DO,OiJO. The Interested firms are taking steps to protect their Interests. SIl'ST TELL WHAT THEY 'GET. Stampers of ()era Company Summon ed to Court to Tell About Salaries. Chicago,v April 22 Sixteon mem bers of the. Metropolitan Opera com pany, possessing a like number of ar tistic temperaments today received ordinary printed Invitations from Uncle Sam to appear before Commis sioner W'lrt' E. HuhM'hrey and tell under oath not for publication just what they receive ,for their ap pearances. .. - The Invitations In ' the forms of subpoenas were Issued in the suit of the Star Publishing company, pub lisher of the New York American. The testimony is to he taken In a libel suit filed against the paper by Gabril Astrue, exclusive agent for the Metropolitan company In France. . : - The signers must bring their con tracts. ;, . .' ' ; '. : . v ''.,. r It is not expected that there will be any hearing until next week, THE HYDE TRIAL Mrs. Swope on the Witness Stand Today Sirs. Swope, Widow, of Colour! Swope, on (lie Stan Today Sci entific Testimony Taken After Siie Had Testified Pearl Kellar Again on the Stand. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) Kansas City, Mo., April 22 An nouncement that Mrs. Logan O. Swope, mother-in-law of Dr. B. Clark Hyde, would testify today in the trial of her son-in-law for the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, million aire philanthropist, brought such a large crowd to the court room corri dor that Ingress and egress were bare ly possible. Mrs. Swope is I he second woman to testify against the physician and this makes more apparent the fact that his fate, in a large extent, rests upon three women. Two of them, Pearl Kellar, the nurse who gave damag ing evidence against him yesterday was the first; his mother-in-law is the second. The third is his pretty wife, Florence Swope Hyde, self-sacrificing and an expectant mother. All eyes were turned upon Mrs. Swope when she entered the court room. She appeared tired and walked slowly to a seat. Her eyes seem to have lost their, defiant ap pearance which has marked them since the opening of the trial. To day they appeared soft and sympa thetic, but they were reddened and together with the deep furrows in her face, it was easy to see that she spent an anxious night deliberating with herself and to what, she should tell on the stand. . She Is a proud woman and would give much consideration regarding the honor and name of her unborn grandchild, . , As soon as Mrs. Swope concluded, scientific testimony was to he re ceived to show the existence of. a subtle-' plot' whereby the ' uhyslcian 'soughi' to poison the entire Swope family for his Own enrichment, Miss Pearl Kellar, the pretty black-eyed- nurse, arrived in court late this morning to finish her cross examination by Attorney Frank Walsh, counsel for Dr. Hyde. ' Her answers were made with de liberation and before answering the questions she glanced at James Heed, special states attorney. .''... Mr. Walsh tried all the tricks in his possession to have the witness make some contradictory statement, but he was only successful in some minor details. ; '!. was present when Moss Hunton was taken with convulsions," she tes tified, "Dr. Twyman arrived 20 min utes before Dr. Hyde did." "Did you hear anything said by Dr. Tymann about bleeding Moss Hunton?" she was asked. "Not until after Dr. Hyde arrived." Attorney Reed then asked Miss Kellar If she was certain that the capsule given Cdlonel Swope before his death was of a five grain or three grain size. She contradicted testi mony given at the coroner's Inquiry and said it was a five grain capsule, He also brought; out that follow ing Hunton's death. Dr. Hyde asked Miss Kellar to intercede with Colonel Swope to have him appointed execu tor In the dead man's place. "At that niomept," she exlaimed, "Mrs. Hyde entered the room and the doctor changed the" subject." FLOODS IX XASH. Heavy Downpour of Khiiis t'lniscs 111 vers to Leave Their Hanks.. (Special to The Times.) Spring Hope, N. C, April 22- The heavy downpour of rain here Sunday and Sunday night has proven very ex pensive to Nash county. Hundreds of dollars will have to be expended to make remairs to bridges taat have either been washed away' or damag ed. The Tar river has been higher than it has been since August, 1 DOS. and even today the river could not he to make repairs to bridges that have been washed away, as all are' iron bridges, and are placed above high water mark. The river is still out of its bank, and it Is impossible to say what, the extent of damage to other bridges is. It is safe to say that, the cost of repairs will be a rather largo item. Four Persons Killed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Terre Haute, Ind., April 22 Four persons were kiled and nine injured when westbound passenger train on the Big Four Railroad ran Into an open switch at Sand ford, Ind., this morning and. was, badly wrecked. Two of the killed were trainmen. Mr. J. A. Conover and Mr. W. H. Eaton are at Rocky Mount doing: work In conectlon with dairying! THE POLICE COMMISSION STATEMENT I 1 Eight Policemen Tried During Last Year For Various Of fenses While on Duty ' i." 1582 ARRESTS The Annual Heport of the " Police CoimniSHion Slakes Interesting Heading There Were BSO Arrests For IfruiikenncKM During the Last, 'Year, Aguiust 208 For the'Iear IJefore $2,41 1 in Fines Collected. Sixty-four Arrests For Sellinjr Whiskey Investigating .Mutilated Itooks Cost About fSOO Police Department Expenses Amounts Ui I ,". The annual report of the Police Commission is one of the most Inter esting reports to the citizens of Ral- ; eigh that has been made in many years, for the benefit of those who ; desire information about the condl- tion of the police department, we publish the following: - ; To His Honor Mayor J, S. Wynne and . the Board of Aldermen of the City of Raleigh; ' ; ' Gentlemen-;. The board of police commissioners of the city of Raleigh have the honor to. submit their annual report for the , year ending February 28, 1910. Your honor and the board of aldermen will . remember that oh the night of Fri day, March 25, 1909, the police Jus tice's office was entered by a party or parties unknown and the records of .. the police justtcy iHjuV chief. ot-police . were badly mutilated. . On Monday..;.' morning the board held a meetinj and suspended the chief of police, pending an investigation of the char ges as printed in The News and Ob server, a dally newspaper published in this city. Captain Beasley was ap pointed acting chief of police at the same meeting and served With credit to the department until Julyl, 1909. After the suspension of the chief of police on March 29, 1909, the board met and consulted with Mayor John son and with his consent a Pinkerton ' detective, an expert accountant and a disinterested firm of lawyers were em ployed, in order that the mutilation of the records might be fully Investi gated and that no stone might be left unturned in trying to discover tile Kuilty party or parties. Every effort, was made, but we were never able to obtain sufficient evidence to convict the ones who conimited this act of vandalism and they will . probably never be known. On May 12, 1909, the suspension of the chief of police was made permanent for neglect of duty. On I he third day of June, 1909, the hoard elected J: P. Stell chieT of police, his term of office to begin June lo, 1.909. A two weeks leave of absence 'was granted him tovisit at' his own expense the cities of Rich mond, Norfolk, and Newport News, Va. This he did, returning to the city and, having qualified, assumed the duties of his office July 1, 1909. On August 29, 1 909, J. A. Briggs, whose term of office as police coni- (Continued on Page Two.) . . TWENTY-SIX BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE (By Leased Wire to me Times) .Mulxu. AUi April ZI Twenty -six bodies .hud been recovered from Mulgu mines at 11 o'clock today and the1 rescue work was being pushed as rapid ly as possible. It was said the men in charge expect to have everyone of the, 43 victims of the Wednesday night's disaster out of the mine by midnight. VVmer is rapidly rising In both shafts but arrangements were quickly made to pump the water out as- fast as ft rushes in. It was said that the over- How of. ..water usually follows such' et plosions and that the rescuers could cope with the situation. The bodies of the -deinl are being turned over to , liiisley undertakers us soon as taken out and Identified. Coroner Brasher is investigating the ' cause of the disaster. President T. L. Lewis, of the United States Mine-Workers of America, has wired here for details of the accident ' and it is expected that organization will make, a large contribution to the fam- Hies of the dead men. . The citizens of ' Birmingham district re taking up col- . lections for the relief of the bereaved families and the sum has already as sumed . substantial proportions. . , 7w S". " if i' 1 ' I' 1 1 i'-ir i'' )t .Ir . 'is ''